{"id":39533,"date":"2023-06-03T20:51:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T18:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/?p=39533"},"modified":"2023-11-06T15:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:53:29","slug":"world_record_japan_stamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfeldman.com\/it\/2023\/06\/world_record_japan_stamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan stamp sells for world record price of 5.4 million Euros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Saturday, June 3, David Feldman International Auctioneers had the great honour to <\/span><span class=\"s1\">offer one of most important Japanese stamp collections including <b>the most valuable stamp of Asia: the 500 mon Inverted Center.<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">An Asian gentleman, bidding via phone, was delighted to become the buyer. The underbidder, an esteemed European collector, was very disappointed to be outbid. He said, \u201cI had prepared my bid as high as 4 million Euros and even made a few more steps, but now I must congratulate the new owner!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In 1871, the first series of Japanese stamps comprised stamps featuring a dragon framing the denomination in \u201cmon\u201d currency which was inserted in the center. One sheet of the highest value, the 500 mon, had the center value inverted, and <b>only one stamp with this error has ever been discovered<\/b>, and that was over 100 years later in 1973 by an American collector. 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